Allan Corduner (born 2 April 1950) is a British actor. He grew up in a secular Jewish home in North London, and trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. He has worked extensively on stage, TV, and film, both in the UK and in the USA. His voice is familiar from BBC radio plays, audio books and TV documentaries. He is perhaps best known for his portrayal of Sir Arthur Sullivan in Mike Leigh's award winning Topsy-Turvy.

Biography

Corduner's mother was from Berlin, Germany, and his father was of Finnish-Ukrainian ancestry. He was born in Stockholm, Sweden but grew up in London. Both London and New York are home for Corduner and his partner, the Finnish actor and writer Juha Sorola. They formed their civil partnership in December 2009, and married in New York City in August 2013.

, 1h52OriginRoumanieGenresDrama, Comedy, Comedy-dramaActorsVera Farmiga, Mark Strong, Harry Lloyd, Joe Armstrong, Christian McKay, Anton LesserRoles FlaviuRating69% Post-war Communist Romania: In 1959 Bucharest, members of Romania's high society Max Rosenthal (Mark Strong), Alice Bercovich (Vera Farmiga), Dumi Dorneanu (Tim Plester), Răzvan Orodel (Joe Armstrong) and Iorgu Ristea (Christian McKay), known collectively as Ioanid Gang, announce to a crowd that they are shooting a film. A young café worker, Virgil (Harry Lloyd), is among the witnesses. Under the guise of making this film, the Ioanid Gang perform a heist of the National Bank of Romania. The following day, Virgil loiters around a film set and encounters the director, Flaviu (Allan Corduner), who requests him to buy vodka and give it to him whenever he asks.

Mia (Jodie Whittaker) has witnessed her neighbour commit suicide by jumping from their mansion flats. At the pavement where the woman's body lies, Mia discovers pieces of a photograph of an ex-lover. Mia is convinced this is a reflection of her own future, and with the assistance of the building's kindly caretaker (David Warner) - and a lift that encompasses the ability to travel back and forwards through time - is able to revisit the most significant stages of her life, with the hope she can stop the event from happening. She does this by trying to convince a younger version of herself to avoid the lover that broke her heart and made life unlivable. He is a married man old enough to be her father.

, 1h56Directed byDavid DobkinOriginUSAGenresDrama, Comedy, ActionThemesChristmas films, Santa Claus in filmActorsVince Vaughn, Paul Giamatti, Liam James, John Michael Higgins, Kevin Spacey, Theodore StevensonRoles Dr. GoldfarbRating55% The film begins with a woman giving birth to a baby. Within a few minutes of his birth, the baby starts saying: "Ho, ho, ho!". Mother Claus calls her son, Frederick, over to meet his new brother, whom she has decided to name Nicholas. Mother Claus lovingly refers to the new baby as her little Saint Nick. During Christmas, when Nick opens his gifts including Fred's, he decides to give them away to orphans which makes Fred angry. Mother Claus advises Fred to be a better person by stating he should be more like his brother; this in turn causes Fred to resent Nick. Feeling isolated, Fred often climbs a tree to confide his problems in a bird. On one occasion, Nick cuts down the tree, saying that now Fred can bring it inside since he liked it so much. However, the birdhouse Fred's confidant lived in is smashed, causing the bird to leave; this causes a temporary rift between Fred and Nick.

, 1h46Directed byAl CorleyGenresDrama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, RomanceActorsMarcus Thomas, John Corbett, Amy Smart, Sean Astin, Clare Higgins, Allan CordunerRoles Kippy NewbergRating60% After being rejected by his girlfriend, Peter Rooker decides to audition for a small role in an upcoming local community theatre's production of "Cyrano de Bergerac". Despite the fact that Peter has no experience or skill as an actor, the director casts Peter in the lead role. Peter soon becomes caught up in the various intrigues of the "theater people", including the charming but mercurial Michael Degan, the beautiful leading lady Grace Hargrove, and a cast of other eccentric players. Gradually, Peter discovers that in the world of theater the normal rules do not apply – but in the end there is a role for everyone.